NHRA Pro Mod - Troy Coughlin Races To Pro Mod Finale At
Englishtown

ENGLISHTOWN, June 4, 2012: The plan that Troy Coughlin drew up at the
beginning of the NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by ProCare Rx season for his
turbocharged JEGS.com Chevy Camaro finally took shape on Sunday at the
Toyota NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

Coughlin finished runner-up to Danny Rowe in the finals, but more
importantly the car and team functioned near flawlessly in the effort.

"These guys have been thrashing like mad to get the car to go straight
on all four wheels," Coughlin said. "We were able to keep it under control
and manage the power today. They gave me the best car they could give
me.

"This is the way I envisioned we'd start the season off, but it's just
taken a little while to get to where we're at. I couldn't be happier with
this effort."

In the final, the JEGS.com Camaro was a little too anxious to get off
the line, and Coughlin red-lit by -.113 seconds. Rowe's pass was a
5.910-second lap at 239.57 mph. After seeing that Rowe cut a dismal
.164-second light himself, Coughlin was left thinking what could have
been.

"Everything went as planned in the final round, it was just time to go
in my head, I guess," Coughlin said. "I looked at Danny's reaction time, I
was like, 'Wow we could have ran like 6.10 and still won.' But it's over
and we left before he was late. That may have thrown him off."

After beating championship contender Leah Pruett on a holeshot Saturday
night, Coughlin got a free pass to the semis after quarterfinals opponent
Mike Janis wasn't able to answer the call to race. Then the JEGS car beat
Kenny Lang in the semis to set up the showdown with Rowe.

"We had a nice break in the second round," Coughlin said. "I don’t
know what happened to Mike's car, but it was nice to get that break. Our
car still isn't 100 percent happy, and everybody knows we've got a long way
to go.

"We had good reaction times until the final and just overall we made
really good runs. I'm real excited about the direction we're headed."

With the Bristol race coming up in a couple of weeks, Coughlin said it's
nice to have a little momentum on his side.

"We've beat some tough people this weekend," he said. "We made a nice
gain in points, cracking the Top 10. We're all looking forward to the next
race already."